Saturday, February 11, 2017

THOMAS WILKINS has held a titled position at the
Hollywood Bowl since 2008 when he was named Principal Guest Conductor;
in the spring of 2014 he became Principal Conductor.

He also holds
the position of Music Director of the Omaha Symphony, a post he has
held since 2005. Wilkins also holds the Germeshausen Family and Youth
Concert Conductor chair with the Boston Symphony. Past positions have
included resident conductor of the Detroit Symphony and Florida
Orchestra (Tampa Bay), and associate conductor of the Richmond (VA)
Symphony. Previously, he has served on the music faculties of North Park
University (Chicago), the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, and
Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

Devoted to promoting
a life-long enthusiasm for music, Thomas Wilkins brings energy and
commitment to audiences of all ages. He is hailed as a master at
communicating and connecting with audiences. Following his highly
successful first season with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Globe
named him among the “Best People and Ideas of 2011.” In 2014, Wilkins
received the prestigious “Outstanding Artist” award at the Nebraska
Governor’s Arts Awards, for his significant contribution to music in the
state.

During his conducting career, he has led orchestras
throughout the United States, including the Philadelphia Orchestra,
where he returned this season and will next as well; the Cleveland
Orchestra, where he returned this season; the New York Philharmonic, the
Atlanta Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony,
the Dallas Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, the
Buffalo Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the Utah Symphony,
Chicago’s Grant Park Symphony, where he returns next summer, as well as
the National Symphony in Washington, D.C., among others.

A native
of Norfolk, VA, Thomas Wilkins is a graduate of the Shenandoah
Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music in
Boston. He resides with his wife Sheri-Lee in Omaha. They are the proud
parents of twin daughters, Erica and Nicole.